Broadhurst - 'I couldn't wait to get into the ring so I could get out of it as soon as possible'

Amy Broadhurst was actually delighted to lose against Grainne Walsh as it took the pressure off her shoulders. 

PRESSURE RELEASED: Amy Broadhurst feels the pressure is off after the defeat to Grainne Walsh.  Pic:David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Winning gold at last year’s World Championships in Istanbul resurrected Amy Broadhurst’s stuttering career. The $100,000 cheque that came with it allowed her to put one foot on the property ladder with a first house in Dundalk.

There was no prospect of another bounty in March when boxing’s ongoing civil war led to Ireland’s IABA boycotting the 2023 event in India but the 26-year old, who also has a European and a Commonwealth title to her name, wasn’t bothered in the slightest.